Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-5d9dc19f2d advisory.

    **MySQL 8.0.39**

    Release notes:

        https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-38.html         https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-39.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the mysql package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6934-1 advisory.

    Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to     fix these issues.

    MySQL has been updated to 8.0.39 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

    In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly     incompatible changes.

    Please see the following for more information:

    https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-38.html     https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-39.html https://www.oracle.com/security-     alerts/cpujul2024.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The versions of MySQL Server installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the October 2024 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer).  Supported versions that     are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and  8.4.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged     attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server.  Successful attacks of this     vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS)     of MySQL Server. (CVE-2024-21177)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions     that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low     privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of     this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete     DOS) of MySQL Server. (CVE-2024-21171)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions     that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high     privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of     this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete     DOS) of MySQL Server as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server     accessible data. (CVE-2024-21163)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The versions of MySQL Server installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the July 2024 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer).  Supported versions that     are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and  8.4.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged     attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server.  Successful attacks of this     vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS)     of MySQL Server. (CVE-2024-21177)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions     that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low     privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of     this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete     DOS) of MySQL Server. (CVE-2024-21171)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions     that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high     privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of     this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete     DOS) of MySQL Server as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of MySQL Server     accessible data. (CVE-2024-21163)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
205992	Fedora 40 : mysql8.0 (2024-5d9dc19f2d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
204933	Photon OS 4.0: Mysql PHSA-2024-4.0-0661	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
204922	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : MySQL vulnerabilities (USN-6934-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
204847	Photon OS 5.0: Mysql PHSA-2024-5.0-0335	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
202619	Oracle MySQL Server 8.x < 8.4.1 (October 2024 CPU)	Nessus	Databases	medium
202616	Oracle MySQL Server 8.0.x < 8.0.38 (July 2024 CPU)	Nessus	Databases	medium

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